THE GENERAL REPOSITORY AND REVIEW! TO BE CONTINUED QUARTERLY. 4. Vol. IV. CAMBRIDGE: PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY WILLIAM HILLIARD. Printed by Hilliard & Metcalf. 1813. CONTENTS OF VOLUME FOURTH. On the Canon of scripture-a translation of Michaelis' Review 375 387 Remarks on Dr. Campbell's dissertation on ads and yiva ed Version Literary and Miscellaneous, Versification of the beginning of the last book of the Martyrs 360 390 379 Obituary. Mr. Charles Eliot 357 Reviews, 1. Rokeby, a poem, in six cantos. By Walter Scott, Esq. The resources of Russia, in the event of a war with France. By Alexis Eustaphieve, Russian Consul at Boston 4. A new critical pronouncing Dictionary of the English Lan- 7. A Course of Mathematics. By Charles Hutton, LL. D. &c. Revised and corrected by Robert Adrian, A. M. &c. 8. The Poetical Works of Lord Byron 9. The Grounds of Christianity examined, by comparing the New Testament with the Old. By George Bethune En- Review of the above work. By Rev. Samuel Cary. Two sermons on infidelity. By Rev. W. E. Channing. A letter to the Rev. Mr. Cary: and, A letter to the Rev. Mr. Channing. By George B. English. 10. A dissertation on the supposed change in the temperature of winter. By Noah Webster, jun. Esq. (Published in the Note. The description of Mr. West's picture, with which we were As it is desired to make the edition of Schleusner's Lexicon, THE GENERAL REPOSITORY FOR JULY, 1813. Theological Department. NEO TEMERE, NEC TIMIDE. ON THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE.* A review of D. Joh. Sal. Semler's Abhandlung von freyer Unter suchung des Canon; nebst Antwort &c. A dissertation for a free inquiry into the canon, with an answer to the Tubingen defence of the Apocalypse. Hall. 1771, pp. 292, 8vo.- -Vol. ii. with answers to reviews of the first. By Dr. J.S. Semler. Hall. 1772, pp. 640, 8vo. Translated from the German of John David Michaelis.-Orientalische und Exegetiche Bibliothek. Theil. iii. Frankfurt am Mayn. 1772. THIS book will give no small trouble to reviewers, for it is alway's difficult to understand exactly what Dr. Semler would say; and yet the man, who must ask so much indulgence for his style, is so severe upon critics, that one can hardly expect to escape without being called simpleton, and his criticism foolish, if he should be so unfortunate as to contradict or misunderstand him. The modesty, with which he may express himself, will [In the life of Semler, which was presented to our readers in the two first volumes of the Repository, there were many opinions of his, expressed by his biographer Eichhorn, from which, as was noticed then, the editor dissented. Some of those were his views of the canon of scripture, which we think are ably refuted, by Michaelis, in the following review of one of Semler's principal works. At the same time, we would observe, that it must be read with allowance, as there appears to have been a personal coldness between Michaelis and Semler. ED.] Vol. IV. No. 1. |